Category: Freelancer Support Fund

Missed the early bird deadline? Fear not: you can still enter submissions for the 42nd National Magazine Awards until midnight (ET) on January 18th, 2019. There are 29 categories, honouring everything from investigative reporting to portrait and lifestyle photography. Browse through the full list of categories here.

Our popular Freelancer Support Fund is returning for the 2019 awards season! The fund is open to Canadian freelance writers, photographers, and illustrators who enter their own work for consideration. Freelancers can submit their first two entries at the discounted rate of $50 per submission, or 50% off the regular rate.

Who’s Eligible?

Freelancers who are not staff members of a publication whose work they are submitting, and whose byline appears on the work they are submitting.

How do I Apply?

Once you’ve submitting your entries and are ready to pay, select the “Freelancer Support Fund” option. We’ll email you an invoice that reflects the discounted entry fee. That’s it!

Here’s even more info on the fund. Remember to get your submission in by the early bird deadline of January 11, 2019. After that, the freelancer rate offered is $62.50.

All good things must come to an end, including our early-bird rate on entry fees. Monday, January 15 is the early-bird deadline for submissions to the 41st National Magazine Awards. Enter online by 11:59pm EST to save on entry fees. The final deadline for all submissions is Friday, January 22.
The Freelancer Support Fund, offering 50% discount on the first two entries to freelancer submitters, remains in place until January 22. The Small Magazine Rebate is open until January 22 as well.
Download our guide for a handy reference to categories, deadlines, guidelines and more.Ready to submit? Follow these steps :1. Review the Categories, Rules, FAQ2. Register online at submissions.magazine-awards.com3. Enter the details of each submission4. Upload a PDF of each submission5. Pay the required entry fees ($100 for most entries)6. Courier hard copies (if required)

The 2018 National Magazine Awards are open for submissions. Enter your best magazine work for awards in 29 written & visual, editorial and best magazine categories. Writing and Visual Awards include a cash prize of $1000 to the Gold Medal winners. Digital content is eligible in most categories. The early-bird deadline for entries is January 15. Final deadline is January 22.Download our Guide to the 41st National Magazine Awards for a handy reference to categories, guidelines, and more.FREELANCER SUPPORT FUNDLast month the NMAF announced a new program for freelancers to save 50% on their first two entries to the National Magazine Awards. Find out more.SMALL MAGAZINE REBATEMagazines with under $200,000 in annual revenue may be eligible for the Small Magazine Rebate, equal to 1 FREE ENTRY. Find out more.
Find out how to get involved as a judge for the National Magazine Awards and the Digital Publishing Awards.HOW TO SUBMIT
1. Review the Categories, Rules, FAQ
2. Register online at submissions.magazine-awards.com
3. Enter the details of each submission
4. Upload a PDF of each submission
5. Pay the required entry fees ($100 for most entries)
6. Courier hard copies (if required)DIGITAL PUBLISHING AWARDSThe 2018 Digital Publishing Awards will feature 24 awards recognizing excellence by the creators of Canadian Digital Publications, including online and tablet magazines. Submissions for the 3rd annual Digital Publishing Awards will open on January 2.DEADLINESJanuary 15: NMA Early Bird Deadline
January 22: NMA Final DeadlineGALA
We’ll be announcing the details of the 41st National Magazine Awards gala later this Spring. Stay tuned right here on the NMA blog.READY TO SUBMIT?Click here and get started

The NMAF is very pleased to share that theFreelancer Support Fundis also available for the Digital Publishing Awards, whose deadline to enter is Tuesday January 31.The discounted entry fees allow freelance creators to submit their first two (2) entries at the discounted rate of $50 per submission.
With the 2nd Annual DPAs officially underway, we are very happy to offer this special discount to the freelance creators – the writers, videographers, editors, designers, developers, video and podcast producers, photographers and illustrators, and others – who are establishing excellence in Canadian digital publishing. There is a $500 cash prize for individual winners.
An eligible “freelancer” is someone:

who is not a staff member of a publication whose work they are submitting, and

whose byline appears on the work they are submitting.

If your magazine work also appeared in an online platform, it may be eligible to enter. Check out the full list of Rules & Eligibility.
The Freelancer Support Fund applies to your first two (2) entries only. The regular rate of $110 will apply to any submission entered in addition to the first two. Fees paid for submissions to the Digital Publishing Awards may be tax-deductible for freelancers. The DPAs are operated by the non-profit registered charity NMAF.
There is exactly one week left to enter, as the final deadline to submit is Tuesday January 31.
To submit your best, visit submissions.digitalpublishingawards.ca. If you have any questions about entering the Digital Publishing Awards, please get in touch: info@digitalpublishingawards.ca.